Classical art, so prevalent in early American motifs, did not point to revolutionary ideology, but, says a Stanford historian, "was reinvented to suit the ends of a new political program."
Appreciating the poet E. E. Cummings, whose typographically experimental work exists almost entirely on the printed page and is rarely recited.
A new set of history textbooks endorsed by Japan's Ministiry of Education has created a storm of controversy over the country's view of its wartime past.
The Dutch seem to have pulled off a miraculous solution to the conundrum of the aging welfare state.
On the short list of states that still cling to communism, one country is often overlooked: Laos.
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“Critical Thinking about Energy: The Case for Decentralized Generation of Electricity” by Thomas R. Casten and Brennan Downes, in Skeptical Inquirer (Jan.–Feb. 2005), 944 Deer Dr., N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. 87122.
“Red-Hot MoMA” by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner, in The New York Review of Books (Jan. 13, 2005), 1755 Broadway, 5th fl., New York, N.Y. 10019–3780.
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